Offering envelope



Jan. 15, 1935.

w. 'c. KEENE OFFERING ENVELOPE Filed May 6, 1933 INVENT R 16 ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 15, 1935 PATENT OFFICE OFFERING ENVELOPE Walter C. Keene, Richmond, Va., assignor to The Duplex Envelope Company, Inc., Richmond, Va., a corporation of Virginia Application May 6, 1933, Serial No. 669,687

6 Claims. (01.40 422 This invention relates to offering envelopes and has for an object to provide for the utilization of such envelopes and their container as a weekly calendar of the general order of a desk calendar.

In a common system used by churches, Sundayschools and other organizations, for receiving weekly offerings from contributors, a boxed set of envelopes for a years use is supplied to each contributor. Envelopes in the set bear on the front face among other information, the date on which the contributor is expected to present the envelope, with an enclosed offering.

According to the present invention, the envelope has printed on the rear face thereof the calendar for the week terminating with the date appearing on the front face. The box or container in which the set of envelopes is supplied to the contributor is provided with means for supporting the same in an inclined position with the calendar on the first envelope visible. Upon removal of the first envelope, the second envelope becomes visible and so on. By having the last date of the weekly calendar the same as the date on which the envelope is supposed to be used, a contributor is reminded that the envelope is due when he changes his calendar, thus tending to keep the contributor regular in making his offerings.

Other objects, novel features and advantages of this invention will be apparent from the following specification and accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a closed box containing offering envelopes;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the box with the cover partially lifted to show the envelopes;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the box and envelopes in condition for use as a weekly calendar;

Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the box and envelopes in condition for use as a weekly calendar, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of an envelope looking at the back face and with its flap turned up.

The box or container 10 preferably is composed of cardboard and is provided with a. cover comprising a main portion 11, a flap 12 and a tab 13, the cover being suitably scored to permit the flap 12 and tab 13 to be folded into the box as shown in Fig. 1 and also to permit swinging movement of the tab 13 with respect to the flap 12. The front wall of the box 10 is cut away as at 14 for a purpose which will later become apparent. Also, the back wall is provided with a horizontal slot 15 near its upper edge. The box 10 is adapted. to

contain a set of envelopes 16 preferably of the same number as the Sundays of a given year.

As shown in Fig. 5, the envelope is provided with a sealing flap 18, turned up in this figure, which has printed thereon the date on which the envelope is intended for use. Also, on the front face there is usually printed identifying data respecting the church or other organization making use of the envelope. The rear face of the envelopes is printed near its upper edge with the calendar 19 of the week terminating with the date appearing on the envelope flap, this calendar being designed to register with the cut-out portion of the front wall of the box 10 when the envelopes are boxed. The rear face of the envelopes may also be embellished with appropriate texts, homilies, or the like, if desired.

The box 10 may be arranged in the inclined position shown in Fig. 3 by folding back the cover and inserting the tab 13 through the slot 15 with the tab extending toward the bottom of the box and resting against the rear envelope. In this position, the calendar on the first envelope is exposed by the cut-out portion of the front wall of the box and the envelope is easily accessible for removal from the box for the contributor to use in making his weekly offering. The removal of the top envelope displays the calendar on the next envelope and. by successive removal of the envelopes successive weekly calendars are obtained. As the envelopes are removed from the box, the tab 13, which tends to swing towards the front of the box lifts the remaining envelopes to keep the top envelope in contact with the frontwall of the box, thereby maintaining the calendar on such envelope in register with the cut-out portion of the front wall.

I claim:

1. In combination, a container having a hinged cover adapted to be arranged to support said container in inclined position with its front wall uppermost and its top open, and a series of envelopes in said container, said envelopes having successive weekly calendars appearing thereon and said front wall having a cut-out portion of less area than an envelope registering with said calendars.

2. In combination, a container having a hinged cover adapted to be arranged to support said container in inclined position, with its front wall uppermost and its top open and a series of envelopes in said container, said envelopes having successive Weekly calendars appearing thereon and said front wall having a cut-out portion of less area than an envelope for registering with said calendars, and means tending to press said envelopes toward said wall.

3. In combination, a container having a hinged cover provided with a tab and having a slit in one wall to receive said tab with the cover arranged to form a support for said container and with the tab projecting into the container, and a series of envelopes in said container, said tab tending to press said 'envelopestoward the opposite wall.

4. In combination, a container having a hinged cover provided with a tab and having a slit in one wall to receive said tab with the COVeI'"a 1-- pearing thereon and said tabtending'lto rpress 4,

said envelopes toward the opposite wall, said-wall having a cut-out portion adapted to register with said calendars.

5. In combination, a container having a hinged cover provided with a tab and having a slit in one wall to receive said tab with the cover arranged to form a support for said container and with the tab projecting into the container, a series of envelopes in said container, said envelopes having successive weekly spaced dates appearing on corresponding faces and on the remaining faces having weekly calendars terminating with the dates appearing on the first faces; the wall of said container opposite the slit wall having a cut-out portion adapted to register with said calendars and said tab tending to press said envelopes toward said last named wall.

' 6. Incombination, a container having a hinged Lcover'provided with a tab and having a slit in one wall to receive said tab with the cover arranged to forma support for said container and with thetab projecting into the container.

- -WALTER :C. -KEENE. 

